Active plasmonics is a burgeoning and challenging subfield of plasmonics. It exploits the
active control of surface plasmon resonance. In this review, a first-ever in-depth description …

Understanding and controlling interfaces has proven to be key to a very wide range of
applications, from optical and electronic materials 1, 2 to energy storage and production, 3 …

To overcome the current scarcity of fresh water sustainably, new technologies will be
required that produce potable water from a range of sources, including seawater and …

Joining two materials with an adhesive is an extremely common activity, but is most often
irreversible. However, emerging and current applications ranging from consumer and …

Polymer brushes have been theoretically described, their behavior under diverse conditions
has been modeled, and their preparation via surface-initiated polymerizations (SIPs) has …

Antifouling polymer brushes are widely utilized in biomedical applications to prevent non-
specific interactions with biological fluids. They consist of surface-tethered polymer chains …

Well‐defined polymer strands covalently tethered onto solid substrates determine the
properties of the resulting functional interface. Herein, the current approaches to determine …

Grafting of polymer brush (assembly of polymer chains tethered to the substrate by one end)
is emerging as one of the most viable approach to alter the surface of inorganic …

Temperature-sensitive poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAAm) brushes with different
molecular weights M n and grafting densities σ were prepared by the “grafting-to” method …

Controlling (bio-) adhesion and friction is essential in many bio-medical and industrial
applications. Such control can be achieved using stimulus responsive polymers. Coatings …